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Phi Sigma Rho is a social sorority for women in engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 and engineering technology. The sorority was founded in 1984 at Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

 by two young women. The first chapter of Phi Sigma Rho was installed on September 24, 1984, with 10 charter members.

History

Phi Sigma Rho was founded in 1984 by Rashmi Khanna and Abby McDonald at Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

. Abby and Rashmi were unable to participate in traditional sorority rushes due to the demands of their engineering program, so they decided to start their own sorority instead. The Alpha chapter was founded with ten charter members: Gail Bonney, Anita Chatterjea, Ann Cullinan, Pam Kabbes, Rashmi Khanna, Abby McDonald, Christine Mooney, Tina Kershner, Michelle Self, and Kathy Vargo.

In the twenty-six year span since then, Phi Sigma Rho has grown to twenty-five chapters from coast to coast.

Mission

Phi Sigma Rho is a social sorority for women in technical studies serving our sisters and the community by promoting:

• High standards of personal integrity, respect, and character,
• Lifelong bonds of sisterhood, and
• Academic and professional excellence with a social balance

Through shared experiences, common bonds, and recognition of service and achievement.

Objectives

The objectives of the Sorority, which apply to all members, are:

• To foster and provide the broadening experience of sorority living with its social and moral challenges and responsibilities for the individual and the chapter.

• To develop the highest standard of personal integrity and character.

• To promote academic excellence and support personal achievement, while providing a social balance.

• To aid the individual in the transition from academic to the professional community.

• To maintain sorority involvement with the alma mater and the community through responsible participation.

• To maintain the bond of sisterhood with alumnae members through communication, consultation, and participation in Sorority functions.

Chapters

List obtained from nationals website resource.

• Alpha: Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
  , West Lafayette, IN (1984) (link)
• Beta: Ohio State University
  Ohio State University
  The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
  
  , Columbus, OH (1988) (link)
• Gamma: University of Dayton
  University of Dayton
  The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...
  
  , Dayton, OH (1989) (link)
• Delta: University of Toledo
  University of Toledo
  The University of Toledo is a public university in Toledo, Ohio, United States. The Carnegie Foundation classified the university as "Doctoral/Research Extensive."-National recognition:...
  
  , Toledo, OH (1992) (link)
• Epsilon: University of Kentucky
  University of Kentucky
  The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  , Lexington, KY (1999) (link)
• Zeta: University of Pittsburgh
  University of Pittsburgh
  The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
  
  , Pittsburgh, PA (2000) (link)
• Eta: University of Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
  , Ann Arbor, MI (2001) (link)
• Theta: University of Connecticut
  University of Connecticut
  The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
  
  , Storrs, CT (2001) (link)
• Iota: Ohio Northern University
  Ohio Northern University
  Ohio Northern University is a private, United Methodist Church-affiliated university located in the United States in Ada, Ohio, founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871. ONU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. ONU is a sister...
  
  , Ada, OH (2001) (link)
• Kappa: University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  , Fayetteville, AR (2002) (link)
• Lambda: Penn State University, State College, PA (2002) (link)
• Mu: University of Washington
  University of Washington
  University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
  
  , Seattle, WA (2002) (link)
• Nu: University of California, Los Angeles
  University of California, Los Angeles
  The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
  
  , Los Angeles, CA (2003) (link)
• Xi: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (2003) (link)
• Omicron: Case Western Reserve University
  Case Western Reserve University
  Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
  
  , Cleveland, OH (2003) (link)
• Pi: University of California, Irvine
  University of California, Irvine
  The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
  
  , Irvine, CA (2004) (link)
• Rho: Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Missouri University of Science and Technology is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri, United States, and part of the University of Missouri System...
  
  , Rolla, MO (2004) (link)
• Sigma: Oregon State University
  Oregon State University
  Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
  
   - Corvallis, OR (2005) (link)
• Tau: University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
   - Gainesville, FL(2005) (link)
• Upsilon: University of Houston
  University of Houston
  The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
  
   - Houston, TX (2005) (link)
• Phi: Howard University
  Howard University
  Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   - Washington, DC (2007) (link)
• Chi: University of California, San Diego
  University of California, San Diego
  The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
  
   - San Diego, CA (2007) (link)
• Psi: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, or Cal Poly Pomona, is a public university located in Pomona, California, United States...
  
   - Pomona, CA (2011) (link)
• Omega: Virginia Commonwealth University
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
  
   - Richmond, VA (2011) (link)
• Alpha-Alpha: Youngstown State University
  Youngstown State University
  Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League...
  
   - Youngstown, OH (2011)
• Alpha-Beta: University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati
  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
  
   - Cincinnati, OH (2011) (link)

Colonies

List obtained from nationals website resource.

• University of Louisville Colony: University of Louisville
  University of Louisville
  The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...
  
  - Louisville, KY (2011)

External links

• Phi Sigma Rho Official Website
• Phi Sigma Rho Foundation